pionek

Polish

Etymology

pionek

Etymology tree

French pionbor.

Polish pion

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Slavic *-kъ

Proto-Slavic *-ъkъ

Old Polish -ek

Polish -ek

Polish pionek

From pion + -ek.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpjɔ.nɛk/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔnɛk
• Syllabification: pio‧nek

Noun

pionek m inan (related adjective pionkowy)

1. man, pawn, piece (piece in board games)
2. (chess) pawn
3. (figurative) pawn, unimportant person

Declension

Declension of pionek

	singular	plural
nominative	pionek	pionki
genitive	pionka	pionków
dative	pionkowi	pionkom
accusative	pionek	pionki
instrumental	pionkiem	pionkami
locative	pionku	pionkach
vocative	pionku	pionki

See also

Chess pieces in Polish · bierki szachowe (layout · text)
król	hetman, królowa, królówka, dama	wieża	goniec, laufer, giermek	skoczek, koń, konik	pion, pionek

Further reading

• “pionek”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “pionek”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)